https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=262615 An arrested person must be produced before the nearest Judicial Magistrate for remand as a safeguard against illegal detention and custodial abuse. The Magistrate before whom remand papers are presented cannot refuse to entertain the request merely because another Magistrate has territorial jurisdiction to try the offence. The duty is to receive the remand papers, decide whether remand is warranted, and then transmit the records to the court having trial jurisdiction if necessary. The refusal to receive the remand papers was therefore unsustainable, and the remand request had to be considered by the Magistrate approached. en-us Wed, 29 Jul 2015 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 08 Jan 2016 11:15:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=262615 An arrested person must be produced before the nearest Judicial Magistrate for remand as a safeguard against illegal detention and custodial abuse. The Magistrate before whom remand papers are presented cannot refuse to entertain the request merely because another Magistrate has territorial jurisdiction to try the offence. The duty is to receive the remand papers, decide whether remand is warranted, and then transmit the records to the court having trial jurisdiction if necessary. The refusal to receive the remand papers was therefore unsustainable, and the remand request had to be considered by the Magistrate approached. Case-Laws Customs Wed, 29 Jul 2015 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=262615